Things are never as bad as they seem.

I was thinking about some other books made into movies and vice versa so thought I would list a few more for you all! 

One of my all time favourite books is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. I was late to the party and only read it a year ago when my husband surprised me with the book. I wanted to kick myself for not reading it sooner, if you have not yet read it, make sure you pick this up as your next read. Most people I know who have not read the book absolutely adore the movie, I mean, you can't go wrong when Gregory Peck is on screen. Having said that, because of my adoration for this perfect novel, I did not see the movie in the same light as everyone else. Yes, there were many great things in the movie but when you find a book flawless, it's impossible to cover everything you love from a book and compress it down to two hours. 

Although it does not happen often, there are movies that turn out better than the book it's based on, The Notebook is one of those movies. The book was absolute crap! I will be the first to admit that I am not a fan of romance novels, so it goes without saying that Nicholas Sparks would not be on my to be read list. I managed to finish the book but it was absolute torture and took way longer than it should have. The movie on the other hand? It is up there in my top ten movies of all time. The chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams is electrifying and I could not get enough, if you decide to watch this with others though, you need to be prepared, ugly crying WILL happen.

To follow up from my previous post, I managed to watch Love Simon. Was it as great as the book? Sadly no, but in this instance I decided to stop comparing the movie to the book 20 mins in. Once I did that, I have to say I really enjoyed it but only because I decided to watch it as if a book never existed. If you are going to see this and love the book, I recommend doing the same thing! 

Happy reading!